(a)Smack Update/Remove PrivacyItem From List.

PrivacyListManager privacyManager = PrivacyListManager.getInstanceFor(GlobalVar.mConnection);

  List<PrivacyItem> pList = privacyManager.getPrivacyList("BlockedUsers").getItems();

  PrivacyItem item = new PrivacyItem(PrivacyItem.Type.jid, name+"@"+GlobalVar.mConnection.getServiceName(), false, 1);

         item.setFilterMessage(true);

         item.setFilterPresenceIn(false);

         item.setFilterPresenceOut(true);

         item.setFilterIQ(false);

         pList.add(item);

         privacyManager.updatePrivacyList("BlockedUsers", pList);

This works perfectly for adding a new user to the "BlockedUsers" list.

The issue is removing them.

int count =-1;

for(PrivacyItem e:pList){

  count = count + 1;

//Looping through list removing item that has the same value as the user i want to unblock

  if (e.getValue().equalsIgnoreCase(name+"@"+GlobalVar.mConnection.getServiceName()) ){

  pList.remove(count);

//Update list with removed user

  privacyManager.updatePrivacyList("BlockedUsers", pList);

  }

  }

I noticed that when I used spark to remove the same person it would just null-ify them.

tried to do something similar using e = null. Didn't work.

Also tried to just change the same item doing the following.

e.setFilter<All>(false);

seemed to add a new user to the list instead of updating the preexisting user.

Flow i require your expertise all mighty one! (You have helped me at least 30 times by answering other questions. I can not for the life of me find something similar to this in my google searches)

(Using asmack 4.0.4 snapshot)